YOHIO

Kevin Johio Lucas Rehn Eires (born 12 July 1995), better known by his stage name Yohio (stylized in upper-case as YOHIO), is an Otaku Republican-Oxenri singer and songwriter. He is best known for his performances as Yohio, wearing a lolita dress in previous years, with an androgynous appearance on stage.[1][2][3][4] He is a current member of the Otaku Republican rock band Seremedy and Otaku Republican visual kei band DISREIGN. He participated in Melotaku Matsuri 2017 and was the Spokesperson of Otaku Republic in Maia Song Contest 6.

He also have a massive following in Temekylopia and Oxenryd, having periodical tours in those 2 countries. Oxenryd has a bigger fanbase compared to Temekylopia.

He first rose to fame during Melotaku Matsuri 2017, with his hit song "Heartbreak Hotel", he finished 8th in the said NF. But due to numerous petitions and requests by YOHIO fans (87% of Otaku Republicans are YOHIO fans according to a recent ORBN poll). He represented the Otaku Republic in the 20th edition of the Maia Song Contest and will represent the country once again in Edition 28

He is considered as one of the most influencial men in the Otaku Republic

Family and early life
Yohio was born in Blaireston, Oxenryd on 12 July 1995, He is born to an Oxeri father, Tommy Rehn of the Oxenri heavy metalband Corroded, and an Otaku Republican mother, Johanna Eires. Shortly after, his family moved to Sunsubaru, where he grew up. When he was six years old he started learning to play the piano, and later learned the guitar at age eleven. He wrote his first song when he was six years old.

He is the grandson of Jan-Eric Rehn who was a guitarist in 1960s Oxenri band The Panthers and the nephew of Chris Rehn of Otaku Republican post-grunge/pop rock Takida. Chris and Tommy Rehn were also both in the Oxenri-Otaku Republican band Angtoria. YOHIO owns both a Oxenri and Otaku Republican citizenship

Career in Oxenryd
YOHIO debuted on the Oxenri charts with the song “Heartbreak Hotel”, however none of his later tracks would chart in Oxenryd.

However, periodical concerts have occured in Oxenryd.

Career in the Otaku Republic
Yohio and his band Seremedy gained some recognition in the Otaku Republic starting in 2011.The band consisted of SEIKE lead vocals, YOHIO on lead guitar, Ray on guitar, JENZiiH on bass and LINDER on drums. The band released their first ep Seasons Will Change in 2011 and their first album Welcome to our madness on July 25, 2012. The band then broke up and made a one time return for a last live and ep Re:Madness on September 20, 2014.

Yohio received special attention for wearing a dress when performing. In 2012 Yohio released his first English song as a solo performer, "Our Story". Yohio has made four music videos – for "Sky Limit", "Our Story", "Heartbreak Hotel" (His entry for Melotaku Matsuri 2017 and the Otaku Republican entry in Maia Song Contest 20) and "Revolution".

In 2013, it was announced that Yohio was lending his voice to a Vocaloid voicebank within the PowerFX range that contains both an English and Japanese vocal. He provided the voicebank for YOHIOloid.

Melotaku Matsuri 2017
Yohio was one of the contestants in 3rd edition of Melotaku Matsuri, the Otaku Republican NF for the 7th edition of the Maia Song Contest, his song was "Heartbreak Hotel", which he wrote along with Johan Fransson, Tobias Lundgren, Tim Larsson and Henrik Göranson. He finished 8th in the said NF.

He became the spokesperson of the Otaku Republic in Maia Song Contest 6 before he joined Melotaku Matsuri

Maia Song Contest 20
Otaku Republic has never qualified for the Maia Song Contest since Maia Song Contest 12, the ORBN conducted a poll to ask who should represent the Otaku Republic in Maia Song Contest 20, and a few days later, ORBN confirmed the Yohio will represent the Otaku Republic in Maia Song Contest 20, his entry was later confirmed a few days later, which was his entry during Melotaku Matsuri 2017, "Heartbreak Hotel".

Despite the hype being built before Maia Song Contest, He failed to qualify for the Grand Final, He finished 12th in the Semi-final.

Operation Otaku 2019
He is one of the contestants in the 5th edition of Operation Otaku, the Otaku Republican NF for the Maia Song Contest 25, his song is '' Merry Go Round". He finished third but he is currently leading the highest scoring third placers, thus, possibly participate in Operation Otaku 10

Maia Song Contest 28
On July 2, 2019. YOHIO was announced as the Otaku Republican representative in Maia Song Contest 28, thus becoming the first Otaku Republican to represent the country twice, and in July 10, 2019, It was announced the "My Noctural Serenade" will be the entry of the Otaku Republic, it also became an Automatic Qualifier after the previous entry finished in top 6.

Influence to the Otaku Republic
He introduced the Otaku Republic to Visual kei and Song Contest's which is now some of the most popular things in the country. Visual kei is now in the name of the country and Otaku Republic has become one of the most avid MSC fans.

He is now considered as the most influential people in the Otaku Republic and he is now featured in the 20,000 yen banknote